Every week we collect some of the best web and digital design resources that will be useful for designers. This week features free fonts, iPad mockups, icons, and some great inspiration that will surely influence your next designs.
Check out any of the links below and leave any comments about your favourites in the replies.
FREEBIES
Font: Libre Caslon
Font: Norse
4 iPad mockups
70 PSD icons
Material Design GUI Templates & Icon Sets
Created and released by Google back in June, Material Design is an innovative visual language that has been designed to unify the user experience of all of their products across all devices, and has been built on the principles of successful design combined with technology.
Download the GUI Templates and Icons.
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INSPIRATION
Material Design in Print
Google tasked San Francisco design studio Manual with interpreting its Material Design design language in print form. The results are beautiful, at least insofar as it’s novel to see digital design translated into tactile form.
Check out Material Design in Print.
Is Apple’s new San Francisco font the future of typography on OS X?
Apple released its WATCH SDK and, along with it, what was up until now the mysterious font used in the software. Officially dubbed San Francisco, the font is inspired by the styles of Helvetica Neue and DIN.
But does the font choice indicate where Apple is headed with OS X and iOS? This article from Web Designer Depot takes a closer look. Check it out.
Ready to go full San Francisco? Here’s how to make San Francisco the default font on OSX.
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How Link Blocking Can Increase Your Click-through Rate
User research has proven that the larger a target is, the faster and easier it is to click. That means if you turn a link into a button, you can increase your click-through rate. But if you turn your button into a link block, you can increase it even more.